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Sometimes its useful to have a well-known word as the basis of spotting other words. People's names and place names are good for this.
This month's quiz : What are the 7 letter anagrams of THAMES + a blank ?
There are 12 in total, 5 are in every day English, the rest are obscure.
(As its a bank holiday, to solve the 5 easy ones you will need C, I, L, N and R). (For the harder 7 you will need A, A, E, N, S, T and U)
As an aside - do you know all the 6 anagrams of READING?
What about the 6 anagrams of STAINES (note STAINES is not a word) ?
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THAMES easy :
MATCHES ATHEISM HAMLETS ANTHEMS HAMSTER
THAMES hard :
ATHAMES HAMATES MEATHES HETMANS SMEATHS SHMATTE HUMATES
READING anagrams :
AREDING DEARING DERAIGN EARDING GRADINE GRAINED +READING
STAINES anagrams :
ENTASIS NASTIES SEITANS SESTINA TANSIES TISANES
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Something a bit different this month..
Below are 16 3 letter words, and 16 4 letter words.
Pair a 3 letter word with a 4 letter word to make a 7 letter word.
The letters in the 3 and 4 letters must remain in the same order (ie do not anagram them!).
Sometimes the 3 letter word makes the start of the 7 letter word, sometimes the 4 letter word.
e.g LULL + ABY makes LULLABY.
Can you make the other 15 7 letter words ?
| ABY | BAND |
| ARM | BELL |
| BOW | CHIC |
| BRA | GENE |
| CAR | GENT |
| COW | HORN |
| EEL | LING |
| FOG | LULL |
| HOG | RAIN |
| KEN | SEED |
| LEG | SPAR |
| LIN | TOPS |
| OIL | VERY |
| REF | WART |
| SIS | WASH |
| TAN | WORK |
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| ARM | BAND | |
| BOW | LING | |
| BRA | VERY | |
| CAR | WASH | |
| CHIC | KEN | |
| COW | BELL | |
| FOG | HORN | |
| GENE | SIS | |
| GENT | EEL | |
| LEG | WORK | |
| LIN | SEED | |
| LULL | ABY | |
| REF | RAIN | |
| SPAR | TAN | |
| TOPS | OIL | |
| WART | HOG |
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The title says it all..
How many of the 32 4 letter words that end in an X do you know ?
About 9-10 are in everyday English, but see if you can get more than 16.
Over 20 is a very good score , over 25 excellent.
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APEX
BRUX
CALX COAX CRUX
DOUX
EAUX
FAIX FALX FAUX FLAX FLEX FLIX FLOX FLUX (did you notice all vowels go between FL and the X ?!)
GREX
HOAX
IBEX ILEX
JEUX JINX JYNX
LANX LYNX
MINX
ONYX ORYX
PLEX PREX
ROUX
ULEX
YUNX
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What words can you make from the rack B E E I J L U ?
There are 5 two letter words,
12 three letter words,
8 four letter words
2 five letter words
1 very obscure six letter word
1 very obvious seven letter word
A total of 29 - can you find more than 20 ? More than 25 ?
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Twos :
BE BI EE EL LI
Threes :
BEE BEL EEL JEE JEU JIB LEE LEI LEU LIB LIE ULE
Fours :
BILE BLEE BLUE JEEL JIBE JUBE LIEU LUBE
Fives :
BELIE JEBEL
Six :
JUBILE
Seven :
JUBILEE
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What is the highest score you can with these opening racks ? (Remember where the double letter square is and any 50 point bonuses!)
All the answers contain the letter M!
All the words are everyday-ish, ie ones that most people should know the meanings of.
A B L M N U V
A C J M U U V
A D H I M S T
A E E M N Y Z
A E H M O O P
C E I I M S S
C I F M O W Y
D E E M O P S
E E I M Q R U
F I K M O P T
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| ABLMNUV | ALBUM | 24 | |
| ACJMUUV | VACUUM | 34 | |
| ADHIMST | SMITH | 28 | |
| AEEMNYZ | ENZYME | 46 | |
| AEHMOOP | OOMPAH | 34 | |
| CEIIMSS | SEISMIC | 78 | |
| CIFMOWY | COMFY | 38 | |
| DEEMOPS | MOPEDS | 28 | |
| EEIMQRU | REQUIEM | 106 | |
| FIKMOPT | MOTIF | 28 |
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